![]() ![]() I'm always trying to get better at taking that advice. ![]() I once read a success book that said to write down all your dreams (goals, wishes, desires), and then separate them into two piles - the pile that scares you and the one that doesn't.and you should pursue the goals in the 'scary' pile. ![]() I really love big, startling ideas and finding ways to use them in stories. I want to write books that make me jump up in the middle of the night, almost desperate to get them down on paper. I never want to write to a formula, for example, even if it's a successful one. I like having to constantly stretch myself as a writer. I guess when I use the word "scared," I'm not really talking about books that are shocking, necessarily, but books that present a wonderful challenge. That really grew out of my first contract with Razorbill and the way they saw my books. I didn't really start out trying to be a writer of books "ripped from the headlines," as they say. ![]() The concept for TEACH ME almost seemed like an accident. I did write a lot of sci-fi and fantasy, but I think I got tired of not being able to use what I see in the world around me. Growing up I read tons of sci-fi and loved books like Watership Down, so you'd think I would have written something more along those lines. What inspires you to write these kinds of books? You've said that you "love writing stories that scare you." The topics you pick are so compelling, and certainly haunting, and shocking. ![]()
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